Lost Library Returns After 2000 Years

Technodummy writes "An update on Reading the Ancient Papyri. The long-buried Villa of the Papyri, one of Italy's richest Roman villas famed for its library of ancient scrolls, opened to the public this weekend almost 2,000 years after it was submerged in volcanic mud. The scrolls, which looked like sticks of charcoal when they were first discovered, have mostly turned out to be works of Greek epicurean philosophy from the first century BC."

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AS much as i hate to refute good christian bashing

[Unknown Poltroon]

THere are a lot of differnt stories about how the library of alexandria was destroyed, from people buring scrolls for heat, to the christians, to the muslims, to lack of funding. Im guessing its a little bit of each.

more info and pictures of scrolls

[lorax]

More information about the villa and the Philodemus Project, including some pictures of the scrolls is at The Philodemus Project